Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 - SECT 20

Availability of statutory rules

20. Availability of statutory rules



(1) The Government Printer must make every effort to ensure that a copy of a
statutory rule can be purchased on demand by any member of the public during
normal office hours from a prescribed bookshop.

(2) The responsible Minister must ensure that a copy of a statutory rule-

   (a)  is available for inspection by any member of the public without charge
        during normal office hours at the office of the Department of the
        responsible Minister; or

   (b)  can be inspected without charge or purchased on demand by any member
        of the public during normal office hours at a public office specified
        by the responsible Minister by a notice published in the Government
        Gazette.

(3) In addition to and without limiting section 16, despite the coming into
operation of a statutory rule or of a provision of a statutory rule, a person
cannot-

   (a)  be convicted of an offence against the statutory rule or provision; or

   (b)  be prejudicially affected or made subject to any liability by the
        statutory rule or provision-

if it is proved that at the relevant time a copy of the statutory rule could
neither be purchased or inspected as provided by subsections (1) and (2).





(4) In this section copy of a statutory rule means a copy of-

   (a)  a statutory rule printed in accordance with section 17 or, if a
        reprint of the statutory rule has been prepared in accordance with
        section 18, the reprint; and

   (b)  any subsequent statutory rule which amends that statutory rule.

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